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People thought I was cocky because I didn't talk much. When I first turned pro, reporters asked me who was going to win. I'd say, 'I am' because it was the easier than giving some long, drawn-out answer.

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There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once.
Retirement isn't so bad. Give me a tall drink, a plush sofa and a rerun of 'Matlock,' and you can have the rest. Matlock is my hero. He never loses.
I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.
My father always said excuses are the crutches for the untalented.
The hardest thing in golf is trying to two-putt when you have to, because your brain isn't wired that way. You're accustomed to trying to make putts, and when you change that mind-set, your brain short-circuits, especially under pressure.
All of my decisions I made when I was a kid were decisions, would my mother and father be proud of.
Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.
The only times you touch the ball with your hand are when you tee it up and when you pick it out of the cup. The hell with television towers and cables and burrowing animals and the thousand and one things that are referred to as 'not part of the golf course'. If you hit the ball off the fairway, you play it from there.
My father was a man of few words.
I had a terrible stammering problem when I was young, and as a result I spent a lot of time alone.